15And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me. …
Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; …
Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 10-17)Here the apostle, to confirm Timothy in that way wherein he walked, I. Sets before him his own example, which Timothy had been an eye-witness of, having long attended Paul (2 Tim. 3:10): Thou hast fully known my doctrine . The more fully we know the doctrine of Christ and the apostles, the more closely we shall cleave to it; the reason why many sit loose to it is because they do not fully know it.…
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